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Title: DOWN THE HOSPICE ROAD
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Blog Entry: THE DOCTOR TOLD US THAT MY HUSBAND WOULD NOT GET ANY BETTER AND HE WOULD PUT HIM IN HOSPICE CARE WHEN BOB DECIDED HE WAS READY. WE WAITED ALMOST A YEAR TO MAKE THE DECISION AND HE DECIDED THE TIME HAD COME. I WENT DOWN THIS ROAD FIRST WITH MY FATHER AND THEN MAMA NOW MY HUSBAND. BOB IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF HERE AT HOME. WE HAVE HIRED HELP THREE DAYS A WEEK AND HOSPICE COMES ONCE A WEEK FOR BATH AND NURSE CHECKUP. THE VISITS FROM ALL HOSPICE CARE GIVERS WILL ENCREASE AS HE GETS WEAKER. HIS MEDICINE FOR PAIN AND COMFORT ARE FURNISHED BY HOSPICE AND DELIVERED TO OUR DOOR. GOD MUST HAVE A SPECIAL MOLD HE USES FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO WORK WITH PATIENTS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR ETERNAL REWARD.  THEIR SMILING FACES AND UPBEAT ATTITUDE MAKE THIS JOURNEY EASIER.  BOB IS COMFORTABLE WITH HIS DECISION TO GO THIS WAY. I AM HAPPY HE IS AT PEACE WITH IT.